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SeedChaser - Version 2.0

Metadata Updated: April 21, 2025

Knowledge of the vertical distribution of surface residues, chemicals, or seeds following tillage operations is of paramount importance to a wide variety of soil research areas. SeedChaser is a 1-D empirical vertical soil tillage distribution model with 1 cm grid spacing that predicts vertical redistribution of weed seeds following user selected (a) sequences of tillage implements, and (b) initial seed distribution values. Results of this model are particularly suited for weed seed emergence modeling. However, the model can be adapted easily to any surface broadcasted agrochemical or incorporated residues. The present model can handle up to twenty passes of user selected sequences of sixteen different implements. Majority of prior models examined only the impact of a more limited list of implements at much larger depth intervals, which reduced the predictability of fine-scale vertical movement that may be needed for simulating movements of seeds or chemical granules. SeedChaser consolidates the results from these previous models along with new data on conservation tillage implements into a prediction tool that would have applications both in weed science, as well as other soil research areas. This model was developed in JAVA, is simple to use, and runs on multiple platforms (e.g. Mac, PC, Sun). Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: SeedChaser - Version 2.0. File Name: Web Page, url: https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/software/download/?softwareid=84&modecode=50-60-05-00 download page

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025

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Harvested from USDA JSON

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025
Publisher Agricultural Research Service
Maintainer
Identifier 10113/AA22640
Data Last Modified 2024-02-13
Public Access Level public
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License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Program Code 005:040
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 55311d77bf10022dc560023c7ddcd8156cc88381dd6fadf5d8dcea8eeaeef199
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